Siheyuan, my new life

When he learned about Zhou Xuan's intention, the township government leader named Wei Dafeng agreed immediately. To be honest, if his township government was not so poor, he would have thought of paying for the materials. Although he could not pay, Wei Dafeng easily missed the opportunity to establish a relationship with the other party. He personally accompanied Zhou Xuan and the accountant to the township government's finance department to pay the money and go through the formalities, and called the township brick and tile factory to inform them to prepare immediately and strive to deliver all the bricks, tiles and glass to Tongjiadong tomorrow morning.

With the help of Wei Xiangzhang, the matter was completed very smoothly. As a high-level cultivator, how could Zhou Xuan owe a favor to the other party? He took a pack of Peony cigarettes from the jeep and gave it to the other party, and left him the contact information of Lin Yu in Beijing, so that he could contact him directly if he had any questions.

After saying goodbye to Mayor Wei, Zhou Xuan drove to the township supply and marketing cooperative, bought half a pork and fifty bottles of Mianzhu Daqu wine under the astonished gaze of the accountant, and then drove the jeep back to Tongjiadong.

It was already past four in the afternoon when they returned to Tongjiadong after a bumpy ride. Zhou Xuan parked the jeep next to the thatched house of the old village chief and asked the old village chief, who ran out of the house upon hearing the noise, to arrange for someone to cook. He was going to treat everyone in Tongjiadong to a meal tonight. The motion-sick accountant was holding onto a tree by the roadside and vomiting non-stop, causing the villagers who came to watch the fun to laugh and point fingers at him.

Zhou Xuan not only bought pork and white wine, he also took out a bag of rice and a bag of flour from the trunk of the jeep and asked the old village chief to immediately mobilize the villagers to prepare for tonight's dinner.

When the news came that the police from Beijing were inviting everyone in Tongjiadong to dinner, the whole Tongjiadong immediately became excited. Under the arrangement of several village cadres, the villagers kneaded dough and cooked rice in an orderly manner, took out some self-grown vegetables from their homes, washed vegetables, and built stoves. Two villagers who could cook in the village acted as temporary chefs, and everyone was happily busy preparing for tonight's dinner.

Zhou Xuan had already received Zhou Huang's telepathic message and knew about the group of stragglers hiding in the deep mountains and forests not far away. He had his own considerations for preparing to treat everyone in Tongjiadong to dinner tonight.

The venue for tonight's dinner was chosen to be held in the village's drying yard. When night fell, a blazing bonfire was lit in the drying yard. The less than four hundred people in the village, young and old, were divided into thirty tables. The tables, chairs and benches moved from each household had already been neatly arranged. The rich aroma of meat from the stove wafted in the wind. The villagers who had been sitting at the square table could not help swallowing their saliva at the aroma.

Although Tongjiadong is close to the mountains, few people dare to go into the mountains to hunt. There are not only large wild animals like wild boars and leopards in the mountains, but it is said that there are some remnant bandits who have escaped the crackdown by government departments. If you encounter a wild animal, you may still have a chance to save your life, but if you encounter a vicious bandit, nine out of ten times you will die. These bandits don't care about the hunters' property. They just want to kill to silence them to avoid the hunters reporting their whereabouts to the government departments after returning.

Therefore, many villagers only dared to dig a few traps and place a few traps in the mountains not far from the village to catch small wild animals such as pheasants and rabbits.

Even if they occasionally caught a pheasant or a rabbit, most families would not eat them themselves, but would send them to the township supply and marketing cooperative purchasing station, and sell the prey for money to buy daily necessities such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.

Therefore, the villagers of Tongjiadong would only buy some meat during festivals every year to improve the lives of the whole family.

So when everyone smelled the rich meaty aroma, they couldn't help swallowing their saliva.

Sitting at the square table in the center were two distinguished guests from the Beijing Public Security Bureau and all the village cadres.

Zhou Xuan smiled and said to the old village chief next to him: "Old village chief, the dishes will be served soon. Please check if there are any people from our village who have not arrived yet. We don't want to leave anyone behind."

Without waiting for the old village chief's instructions, the militia company commander Tong Dalong stood up and asked loudly: "The leaders of each village group should count the people in their group to see who has not arrived yet, so that they can arrange for someone to hurry up and not delay everyone's meal."

Soon, the leaders of each villager group loudly reported that everyone in their group had arrived. Only the leader of the ninth group said sullenly: "Tong Gouzi from our group has not arrived yet. When I came here just now, there was no one at his home. Someone saw him go into the mountains alone this morning, and he hasn't come back yet."

After hearing this, the old village chief couldn't help but frowned and cursed this troublesome thing in his heart. It was already dark now, and even if he wanted to organize people to go into the mountains to search, it would be impossible. He could only wait until tomorrow morning.

Zhou Xuan deliberately asked: "Who is this Tong Gouzi? How dare he go into the mountains alone? And he hasn't come out yet at this late hour?"

The militia captain said disdainfully: "Tong Gouzi is not from our village. He followed his mother to remarry and moved to our village seven years ago to marry an old bachelor. At that time, he was already a young man of 18 or 19. Who would have thought that less than a year after his mother married the old bachelor, the old bachelor went into the mountains to hunt and never came back. The next year, his mother died of illness. This Tong Gouzi is always idle and lazy. He doesn't even farm the land left by the old bachelor. He is a well-known scoundrel in our village. I have said many times that I want to drive this black sheep away, but the old village chief has always felt sorry for him and didn't agree."

Zhou Xuan deliberately asked curiously: "Does this Tong Gouzi often go into the mountains to hunt?"

The militia commander snorted, "This guy usually sets a few traps to catch pheasants in the nearby mountains and forests. Occasionally, he'll get lucky and catch one or two pheasants. Others take them to the township supply and marketing cooperative to sell for some money, but he always cooks them for himself. I heard that this guy is not very clean. Some people say that he often steals other people's prey, but no one has ever caught him."

At this time, the cook's roar came from the stove: "The food is served."

Following the chef's roar, steaming dishes were served on the square table.

After all the dishes were served, the old village chief stood up with a glass of wine in his hand and said loudly to all the villagers present: "We can all gather together today thanks to the two comrades Zhou from the Jingcheng Public Security Bureau. They not only sent condolences to the seven martyrs' families, but also paid for the construction of brick and tile houses for all the martyrs' families and the village committee. Even the wine and meat tonight were purchased by them. The first glass of wine is to the two comrades Zhou from the Jingcheng Public Security Bureau."

Zhou Xuan quickly stood up and said with a smile: "Old village chief, fellow villagers, we are here on behalf of Comrade Lin Yu, Deputy Secretary and Deputy Director of the Jingcheng Public Security Bureau, to visit his old comrade, the martyr of Tongshan, and his family. Our Director Lin said that you are all the beloved relatives and friends of the martyr of Tongshan. Providing you with a little help within your capacity can also be regarded as making a contribution to the hometown on behalf of the martyr of Tongshan. Therefore, I propose that we toast the first glass of wine to all the revolutionary martyrs who sacrificed their precious lives for the country."